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-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/file.c25
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 2071b1e4322c..e99cc17b6bd2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ restart:
* required to change security info in file_modified(), for extending
* I/O, any form of non-overwrite I/O, and unaligned I/O to unwritten
* extents (as partial block zeroing may be required).
+ *
+ * Note that unaligned writes are allowed under shared lock so long as
+ * they are pure overwrites. Otherwise, concurrent unaligned writes risk
+ * data corruption due to partial block zeroing in the dio layer, and so
+ * the I/O must occur exclusively.
*/
if (*ilock_shared &&
((!IS_NOSEC(inode) || *extend || !overwrite ||
@@ -492,21 +497,12 @@ restart:
/*
* Now that locking is settled, determine dio flags and exclusivity
- * requirements. Unaligned writes are allowed under shared lock so long
- * as they are pure overwrites. Set the iomap overwrite only flag as an
- * added precaution in this case. Even though this is unnecessary, we
- * can detect and warn on unexpected -EAGAIN if an unsafe unaligned
- * write is ever submitted.
- *
- * Otherwise, concurrent unaligned writes risk data corruption due to
- * partial block zeroing in the dio layer, and so the I/O must occur
- * exclusively. The inode lock is already held exclusive if the write is
- * non-overwrite or extending, so drain all outstanding dio and set the
- * force wait dio flag.
+ * requirements. We don't use DIO_OVERWRITE_ONLY because we enforce
+ * behavior already. The inode lock is already held exclusive if the
+ * write is non-overwrite or extending, so drain all outstanding dio and
+ * set the force wait dio flag.
*/
- if (*ilock_shared && unaligned_io) {
- *dio_flags = IOMAP_DIO_OVERWRITE_ONLY;
- } else if (!*ilock_shared && (unaligned_io || *extend)) {
+ if (!*ilock_shared && (unaligned_io || *extend)) {
if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT) {
ret = -EAGAIN;
goto out;
@@ -608,7 +604,6 @@ static ssize_t ext4_dio_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
iomap_ops = &ext4_iomap_overwrite_ops;
ret = iomap_dio_rw(iocb, from, iomap_ops, &ext4_dio_write_ops,
dio_flags, NULL, 0);
- WARN_ON_ONCE(ret == -EAGAIN && !(iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_NOWAIT));
if (ret == -ENOTBLK)
ret = 0;